Season of Nonviolence: Justice Adrienne Nelson

Tuesday, 3/3/2020 from 6 p.m. to 3/4/2020 at 11:30 a.m.

Bend and Redmond campuses

Scholar talk features Oregon Supreme Court Justice

The first African American on the Oregon Supreme Court is a featured visiting speaker
for Central Oregon Community College’s (COCC) 2020 Season of Nonviolence as it moves
into its March schedule: March 3 and 4. Events are free and open to the public; attendees
are encouraged to RSVP at cocc.edu/foundation/vsp. The national Season of Nonviolence honors the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.,
Mahātmā Gandhi and others who believed in nonviolent efforts to advocate for human
rights.

Justice Adrienne Nelson will speak about her life experiences at 6 p.m. on Tuesday,
March 3, at the Bend campus’s Wille Hall and at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, March 4, at the
Redmond campus’s Technology Education Center, Room 209. She’ll share elements of her
life story, from being the first person of color selected as valedictorian at her
Arkansas high school to serving as the first African American on the Oregon Supreme
Court.

Nelson was appointed to the Oregon Supreme Court in 2018. She is a frequent speaker
on topics of diversity, inclusion, equity, leadership and professional development.
She sits on the American Bar Association (ABA) Standing Committee on Public Education
and is the Oregon delegate to the ABA House of Delegates.

For more information on these events, contact Charlotte Gilbride, coordinator for
the COCC Foundation’s Nancy R. Chandler Visiting Scholar Program, at 541-383-7257
or cgilbride@cocc.edu.

The 2020 Season of Nonviolence Program is co-organized by the Nancy R. Chandler Visiting
Scholar Program and COCC’s Diversity and Inclusion office, with sponsorship support
from The Oregon Community Foundation, St. Charles Health System, Cascades Academy
of Central Oregon, Oregon Humanities and Fairfield Inn by Marriott. In advance of
college events, persons needing accommodation or transportation because of a physical
or mobility disability, contact Joe Viola at 541-383-7775. For accommodation because
of other disability such as hearing impairment, contact Disability Services at 541-383-7583.